Something difficult:After completing a Bachelor of Arts in English (KU) and Master of Arts in English (WSU), I earned a Master of Business Administration (WSU 2018). English comes naturally, mathematics do not. So I took business head on--accounting, finance, economics, business calculus--and succeeded. Both disciplines require the ability to interpret data effectively and present it clearly.

Something work-related:I've worked with some of the largest technology and entertainment companies in the world. I once put together the research and conceptual framework behind a $350 million cross-channel advertising campaign. I worked with rocket scientists, industrial engineers, software engineers, programming experts, ad infinitum. Odds are you saw the results of my work on TV, in print, and online. (Another time I was the person who sits behind their CEO on CSPAN while members of Congress hammer the panel with questions. Did you see those people sitting behind Zuckerberg at his testimony? Ya, those guys.)

Something scary:I lost the trail at the base of Mount Antero, a fourteen-thousand foot mountain in Colorado. So I climbed the pitch at an almost vertical angle. When I was 300 feet under the summit, I was unsure I would reach the top; but, I did. I had climbed Mount Princeton the day before. We had so much fun hiking these mountains we came back three weeks later and summited Huron Peak.

​Something cool:I stayed at George Lucas's SkywalkerRanch for a work project. The original Imperial Walker is there. I looked for but saw no Ewoks.